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The Chinese MFA have announced that if no agreement on the future of Hong Kong
has been reached by September 1984, it will announce its own policies and guidelines
unilaterally (see attached Reuters tape).
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We are currently having diplomatic discussions with the Chinese Government about Hong Kong. These are confidential. In our view, it is the important thing to come to the right solution without rushing matters. As you know, the last round of
talks, held in Peking on 19 and 20 October, was characterised as useful and
constructive. This was encouraging.
3.
IF ASKED WHETHER THE TALKS HAVE BEEN GOING TOO SLOWLY?
As Ministers have repeatedly stated, we are getting on with these discussions
as fast as we can.
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9 November 1983